Card.



PATENTED SEPT. 29, 19703.

B. B. CARPENTER.

CARD.

APPLIGATIOH FILED FEB. 2?. 1903.

N0 MODEL.

W/ TN E SSE S:

UNITED STATES iatentecl se t'emter 29, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE;

CARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part-of Letters Patent No. 740,228,:latedSeptember 29 1903.

Application filed February 27, 1903. Serial No. 145,320. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD BEALS OAR- PENTER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a new and Improved Card, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description,

My invention relates to certain novel and useful improvements in cards,and has particular application to visiting-cards, displaycards, or thelike.

One of the important objects of my invention is to provide a card whichmay be readily attached to any projection, such as a doorknob or thelike, the shape of the article being such that the likelihood of thecard being disturbed or lost will be obviated.

A further object of the invention is to provide my improved card witha'tongue or extension cut from the material of the blank, such tongueserving as a support or brace for the card when it is desired to applythe same in an upright position.

As is well known it is often desirable to leave a memorandum-card at theplace of business or at the residence of an absent party, and it is thegeneral practice to either place such cards on the shank of a door-knobor slide the same beneath the door, the result being that the card iseither knocked from the door and lost or else is passed unnoticed; butan invention such as I have devised will enable a card to be supportedin an upright position where it will attract attention.

To the accomplishment of the above-recited ends and those of a similarnature, the invention consists in the construction, combination, andarrangement of parts as are described in this specification, illustratedin the accom panying drawings, and set forth in the annexed claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification,-

in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts inall the figures.

Figure l is a view of a portion of a door,

showing the manner of applying myimproved card thereto.

. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken'through a portion of a doorhaving my card applied thereto and showing the tongue of the card actingas a brace or support. Fig. 3 is a face view of one of my improvedcards. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the same, showing the tongue bentbackward and acting as a support; and Fig. 5 is a vertical sectionalview taken on the line 5 5 of Fig. 4:.

Referring now to the accompanyingdrawings, the letter A designates aportion of a door to the shank B of the knob O whereof is applied myimproved card. As will be seen, particularly upon reference to Figs. 34, and 5, this card comprises an ordinary plain blank 1, which may be ofcardboard or the like, and approximately centrally-0f one edge of thecard, as at 2, I make a cut or incision 3, preferably semicircular orcircular in shape, but do not sever the tongue portion 4 thus formedentirely from the body ofthe card. The tongue 4. is formed integral withthe card-blank, and when it is desired to use the same as a support toenable such card or blank to be retained in an upright position thetongue may be bent backward approximately along the line a: xfshown inFigs. 3 ,and 4) until said tongue assumes the position plainlyillustrated'in Figs. 4: and 5. If it is desired to place the card uponthe shank of a door-knob or in a like position, instead of bending thetongue back the latter may be bent forward, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2,thereby enabling the card to be held with the printed-matter, such asthe name or address, plainly in view.

There are .many advantages incident to my improvement which willimmediatelysuggest themselves. Foninstance, when the card has anadvertisement or price-mark printed thereon the tongue and incision maybe so formed that the card may be easily and securely attached toarticles, such as shoes or hats, displayed in a store-window. When thecard is employed for social or visiting purposes, the tongue is soformed that the card will be supported in an upright position on atableor desk or the like. The numerous other advantages incident to myinvention are so apparent that it is unnecessary to dwell upon the samehere in detail.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent-- A card having a relatively small curved cision, saidtongue forming a support for IO incision at the lower edge portionthereof, said card, substantially as set forth the point of meeting ofthe side walls of the In testimony whereof I have signed my incision andthe'lower edge of the card formname to this specification in thepresence of 5 ing sharp, oppositely-turned points in the two subscribingwitnesses.

'card designed when the latter is attached to EDWARD BEALS CARPENTER.

a cylindrical object, to partially encircle and Witnesses: securelyengage the same, and a tongue EDITH REDD CARPENTER,

, formed integral with the card by said in- ISABEL Q. REDD.

